WWXL
City | Manchester, Kentucky |
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Broadcast area | Clay, Laurel, Knox, Bell, Leslie, Owsley, Whitley, S.E Rockcastle, Perry, & Jackson counties. |
Frequency | 1450 kHz |
Branding | Sports Talk 1450 |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
History | |
First air date | November 1956 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 72441 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts |
WWXL (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Manchester, Kentucky, broadcasting with a full-time signal of 1,000 watts.
The station broadcasts from studios at 103 Third Street in downtown Manchester.
History[]
Established in 1956, WWXL is Clay County's oldest radio station. The station was originally a daytime-only service assigned to 1580 kHz. It was transferred to 1450 kHz, 24-hour operation and 250 watts in 1958; power increased to the present 1,000 watts in 1959.
History of call letters[]
The call letters WWXL previously were assigned to an AM station in Peoria, Illinois. It began broadcasting May 24, 1948, on 1590 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).[1]
References[]
- ^ "WWXL on Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
External links[]
- WWXL in the FCC AM station database
- WWXL on Radio-Locator
- WWXL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Coordinates: 37°09′04″N 83°45′45″W / 37.15111°N 83.76250°W
Categories:
- Radio stations in Kentucky
- Kentucky radio station stubs